The Price of Escape

"Evoking both Kafka and Conrad, Unger's character study of a broken man in a culture broken by a ravenous corporation makes compelling reading."—Booklist"Unger does a great job with fish-out-of-water situations, as [protagonist] Samuel's travails—sometimes Kafkaesque, sometimes Laurel and Hardy—nicely pit his timidity against his growing desperation."—Publishers Weekly"David Unger's tale utterly seduces with its mix of the exotic and the familiar."—Toronto Star“Unger's rendering of human contradiction is masterful, for in the space of Samuel's four days of awe, Unger reveals life's slippery terms of engagement in all their complexity with a clarity that still contains compassion . . . We can be grateful for the message of this wondrous book: despite our fears, even the least heroic among us can find the will to go forward."—Literature and Arts of the...